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2008ApJ...686L..83B - Astrophys. J., 686, L83-L86 (2008/October-3)

Leo V: a companion of a companion of the Milky Way galaxy?

BELOKUROV V., WALKER M.G., EVANS N.W., FARIA D.C., GILMORE G., IRWIN M.J., KOPOSOV S., MATEO M., OLSZEWSKI E. and ZUCKER D.B.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the discovery of a new Milky Way satellite in the constellation Leo, identified in data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. It lies at a distance of ∼180 kpc, and is separated by ≲3° from another recent discovery, Leo IV. We present follow-up imaging from the Isaac Newton Telescope and spectroscopy from the Hectochelle fiber spectrograph at the Multiple Mirror Telescope. Leo V's heliocentric velocity is ∼173.3±3.1 km/s, offset by ∼40 km/s from that of Leo IV. A simple interpretation of the kinematic data is that both objects may lie on the same stream, although the implied orbit is only modestly eccentric (e∼0.2)

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Journal keyword(s): Galaxies: Dwarf - galaxies: individual (Leo) - Galaxies: Local Group

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